One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go.
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For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Better than glory, or honors, or fame, (Though I am striving for those to-day) To know that some heart will cherish my name, And think of me kindly, with blessings, alway.
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A weed is but an unloved flower.
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The two kinds of people on earth that I mean; Are the people who lift and the people who lean.
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We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best.
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With care, and skill, and cunning art, She parried Time's malicious dart, And kept the years at bay, Till passion entered in her heart and aged her in a day!
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